Spring bed-bottom



(No Model.)

W. 0. BAILEY.

SPRING BED BOTTOM.

Patented Apr. 11, 1882..

376: AWN/6:. 37% Aw/fimv d/Aw: AwM/%V. 81H? y/ x Q 6v7 315552 K E 2 a w %ENTIOR M i ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC WILLIAM C. BAILEY, OF SOUTH STILLWATER, MINNESOTA.

SPR ING BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,268, dated April 11, 1882.

Application filed August 23, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,:WILLIAM G. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, resident of South Stillwater, in the county of Washington and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and valuable Improveinentin Spring-Beds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of longitudinal section of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view.

This invention has relation to spring bed- .boitoms; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the pivotal devicesand attachments, in combination with the slats and springs, all as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the frame of an ordinary bedstead, having the slat-ledges B and slats G. The three slats, D E F, nearest the head of the bed are attached to lateral strips or arms J, so that they have a fixed relative position. The first slat, D, is attached to blocks D, secured to the upper edges of said arms at their ends, and the other two slats, E and F, are attached to the under edges of said arms, as shown in the drawings. The end slat, D, is thus brought on a level with the tops of the springs, and is connected thereto by means of the loops or hooks a, which pass through the edge of said slat. The springs, which are thus connected to the first slat, are also secured by their lower ends to the second slat, E and in order that these springs may be located near the head of the bed, theperforationsb in the second, in which the extended bases of the springs are secured, are made near the edge of said slat. In a similar manner the foot-slat L, which is in a raised position, is connected to the footsprings, and these are in turn fastened to the next slat, K, by means of perforations 1) near the edge thereof. The foot-slat L is connected to the bedstead-frame by means of screws 0 and open hook links or connections d, which are designed to be readily attached to or detached from said screws without moving the latter.

In order to provide for a closer or more compact arrangement of springs at the center of the bed, the fastening-holes in the fifth slat, H, are made in the edge thereof nearest the center, and those in the fourth slat, G, are made about half-way from the edge tothe middle of said slat. By this means the springs are brought more closely together in the central portion of the bed, which is designed to support the greatest weight, and are more sepa rated at the head and foot portions, while the ordinary position of the slats remains undisturbed. The-first three slats, being attached to the arms or boards J, form a spring-bearing which can be raisedv or depressed, rendering the bottom suitable for the support of an invalid. The springs of the adjustable portion thus formed are connected to the remaining springs of the bed-bottom by links in the usual manner, so that the continuity of the springsurfaee is preserved.

The arms or boards J are connected to the pivotscrews 2, which engage the bearingnotches y in the upper edges of said arms, by means of links or loops '0, which pass around the necks of said screws. 7

The slats E and F are secured to said arms by means of screws passing through said slats into the arms.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-- 1. Slat D, blocks D, and arms J, in combination with the slats E and F and their supported springs, the slat D being on a level with tops of such springs, as set forth.

2. The-bed-frame A and its screws 0, in combination with the detachable double open hooklinks (I and the end slat, L, of the spring-frame, all constructed and arranged as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM G. BAILEY.

IVitnesses:

DAVID S. HARLEY, A. V. MOALVAY. 

